Badge-button and pin-back therefor.



No. 653,|50. Patented July 3, I900.

A. PHELPS. BADGE BUTTON AND PIN BACK THEREFOR.

(Application filed x". 19; 1960.

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AUGUSTUS PrIELPs, OF NEWARK, NEW JERsEY'.

BADGE-BUTTON AND P lN-BACKTHEREFOR.

sPEorEroATIon' forming part of LettersIatent No. 653,150, dated my 3, 1900. Application filed March 1:9, 190 0.; Serial No. 9,185. (No modeldTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A cUsTUs PHELPS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New-j ark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Badge- Buttons andPin- Backs Therefor; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. L

The objects of this invention are to reduce the cost of construction, tofacilitate the work of changing the pins to suit varying conditions, toenable the storekeeper to apply long i or short pins to the badge as thecustomer may desire, to obtain a durable and firm connection of the pinand badge-body, and to secure other advantages and results, some ofwhich may be referred to in connection with the description of theworking parts.

The invention consists in the improved badge-button and in thearrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially aswill be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses ofthe claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views, Figure 1 isa back view. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 is a top edge view,showing the. front plate in broken lines. Fig. 4 is a front or insideview of the collet or rear plate of the badge. Fig. 5 is a sectionalView on line m, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a similar sectional viewillustratinga.modified form of pin, and Fig. 7 is a top edge View of saidmodification.

In said drawings,aindicates the front plate, which is of anyconstruction common in this class of badge-button, and 1) indicates theback plate, sometimes called a collet. Said back plate I) is of sheetmetal struck out and shaped by suitable dies and comprises a ringshapedpart c, suitably formed to engage with and be fastened to the frontplate, the peripheral edge of one when turned over upon the othersecurelyjoining the parts in one badgebody. At one side of saidring-shaped part strengthening-ribs f.

proximately into cylindrical shape to form a tube-like socket for thepin e, the inner edges of the broadened part b at opposite sides of thetubular part being turned inward to form plane of the flange of the backplate, and the tubular part projects backward of said plane,

as indicated in Fig. 2, so that the pin will ,be

held therein in a line back of the annular part plate convenient forinsertion into of the back the garment.

In the longitudinal axis of the tube formed by the pair of ears d d,which axis extends radially with relation to the center of thebutton-body and lies in a plane approximately parallel with the plane ofthe said body, the

the recess i as a passage for the pin-head c to the said pin-headreceptacle.

The pin is arranged in position by inserting the pointed end through theperforation g and then through the tubular or socket-ed receptacle. Whenthe head of the pin arrives at the recess or passage 6, it is forcedthrough said passage, the wall of the passage serving as a stay orresisting bearing, so that the metal must be distorted to permit apassage, but only by considerable pressure. When the head of the pinarrives at the pin-head receptacle or recess h, the metal springs againinto normal position, and the wall of the recess 6 acts as a stay tohold the pin ,in place. The perforation g is made small to prevent thepassage of the pin-head therethrough. The pin thus arranged is heldsecurely and firmly and yet may be easily withdrawn, and theconstruction permits the manufacturer to supply the badgebodyindependent of the pins, and the parts may be assembled at pleasure;

The broadened part b" is pressed backward a littleto lie within theUnder some conditions I may use a pin j,

1. The combination with the back plate ofa button, having aninwardly-extending part b, with a perforation g, and ears (1, d, and'aheaded pin extending through said perfora tion and held by said ears,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the back plate comprising an annular piecehaving an inwardly-projectin g broadened part at one side,

said broadened part being perforated, and at its inner end provided withforwardly-extending ears adapted to form a tube -like socket for thepin, and a headed pin extending through said perforation and socket, the

head of said pin being held between the broadened part and a stay,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in a badge-button, of a back plate having aninwardly-projecting tongue at one side, a tubular pin-socket on saidtongue, and a removable pin inserted'in said socket and having its endheld between said. socket and the edge of the back plate, substantiallyas set forth.

at. The combination in a badge-button, of a back plate having a tongueprojecting radially inward from one side, a tubular pinsocket on saidtongue, and a separable pin in said socket and having its end held in arecess between the socket and edge of the backplate, substantially asset forth.

5. The combination with the .button having an integral tube formed atthe back of said button, the longitudinal axis of the tube extendingparallel with the plane of the body of the button, and radiallyinwardtoward the center of said button, and a straight separable pin having ahead at one end'and apoint at the other, the said head serving as astop, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with the body of the button, having a tube formed ofa pair of integral ears (1, d, said tube having its longitudinal axislying radially with respect to the center of said body, a pin held insaid tube and lying diametrically across the back of said body,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this8th day of March, 1900.

CHARLES H. PELL, O. B. PITNEY.

